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What Is Web Designs?
What Is Web Designs?
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There are five areas that cover the major facets of
Web Design:
Content
Visuals
Technology
Delivery
Purpose
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Figure 1-1: Web pyramids: the facets of Web design
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Today’s Web sites are primarily a basic client-server network programming
model with three common elements:
Server-side
-this includes the Web server hardware and software as well as
programming elements and built in technologies.
Client-side
-is concerned with the Web browser and its supported technologies
Network
-desrcribes the various connectivity elements utilized to deliver the Web
site to a user.
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Figure 1-2: Components of the Web Medium
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Illustration 1-1: Path of Communication
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Document-centered
- or informational sites provide information for users, but they provide
very limited interactivity.
Application-centered
- task or applications oriented allow the user to interact with information
or accomplish some task.
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Figure 1-3: The range of Web sites.
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Informational sites
-these sites provide information about a particular subject or organization.
Transactional sites
-this type of site can be used to conduct some transaction or task.
Community sites
-these provide information or transaction-related facilities, but focus on the interaction
between the visitors of the site.
Entertainment sites
-these sites are for game playing or some form of amusing interaction, which may
include transactional, community, and informational elements.
Other sites
-Included here are artistic or experimental sites, personal Web Spaces.
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Commercial
-A site in this group is built and run by an organization or individual for
commercial gain, either directly through e-commerce or indirectly through
promotion for some off-line purchase of goods or services.
Government
-This site’s parent entity is ultimately a government organization, and the purpose of
the site is to satisfy some social or legal need.
Educational
-This type of site’s parent entity is some educational institution and it is used to support
learning or research goals.
Charitable
- A charitable site exists to promote the goals of a nonprofit organization or the
charitable activities of an individual or organization.
Personal
-The site exists at the sole discretion of some person or group for any number of
reasons, usually as a creative outlet or form of personal expression.
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The four most common design schools on the Web are:
Text oriented
-These are sites designed with a focus on textual content.
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Metaphorical
- borrow ideas from “real life”. ” For example, a site about cars might employ a
dashboard and steering wheel in design and navigation.
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Portal site
- is a site that is generally a primary starting point for a user online journey and servers
to help people find information.
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Designer needs versus user needs
Rule: YOU are NOT the USER.
Rule: USERS are NOT DESIGNERS.
Rule: Design for the common user, but account for differences
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Figure 1-9: Splash Page
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